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State (Montana)
Montana 2025 Regular Session

Provide presumptive eligibility for Medicaid coverage of home and community-based services [SB-72]
Provide presumptive eligibility for Medicaid coverage of home and community-based services

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Yakawich (s) Hearing (s) Public Health, Welfare And Safety on 01/10/2025

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State (Montana)
Montana 2025 Regular Session

Generally revise automatic external defibrillator (AED) program laws [SB-86]
Generally revise automatic external defibrillator (AED) program laws

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Greg Hertz (s) Hearing (s) Public Health, Welfare And Safety on 01/16/2025

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State (Montana)
Montana 2025 Regular Session

Revise laws related to the publication process of certificate of need letters of intent [SB-88]
Revise laws related to the publication process of certificate of need letters of intent

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Fern (s) Hearing (s) Public Health, Welfare And Safety on 01/15/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Public Safety - Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing for Fuel Gas Piping Systems - Requirements and Prohibitions [HB-222]
Prohibiting the sale, offer for sale, transfer, or distribution of corrugated stainless steel tubing that does not meet a certain International Code Council standard or is not proven to withstand a certain electrical arcing charge; requiring certain tubing used in the construction of fuel gas piping systems in certain buildings to meet a certain International Code Council standard or be proven to withstand a certain electrical arcing charge; and providing a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for a violation of the Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein Hearing Canceled on 01/13/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Election Law - Special Elections [SB-262]
Altering requirements for scheduling special elections to fill vacancies in a county council or in the office of chief executive officer or county executive; authorizing the resolution of a county council establishing the date of a special election to fill a vacancy in the county council or in the office of chief executive officer or county executive to direct that a special primary election not be held and that the vacancy be filled solely through a special general election; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Hearing 2/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/14/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact [HB-45]
Entering into the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact; authorizing a dentist or dental hygienist to practice in a participating state under certain scope of practice rules; establishing a Commission to oversee the Compact and its duties and powers; providing the Act is contingent on the enactment of substantially similar provisions in seven other states; and requiring the Department of Health to notify the Department of Legislative Services within 10 days after enactment of similar legislation by seven other states.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein Hearing Canceled on 01/21/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Department of Transportation - Human Trafficking Awareness, Training, and Response (See Someone, Save Someone Act) [HB-1]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Transportation to develop or identify and implement a training program for transportation sector employees on the identification and reporting of suspected human trafficking victims; requiring transportation sector employers to certify by January 1, 2026, and each year thereafter that certain employees have completed the training program; requiring new employees to receive training within 90 days of hiring; removing civil and criminal liability for reporting of suspected trafficking; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein Hearing Canceled on 01/20/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Vehicle Laws - Bicycles - Operation at Intersections [HB-7]
Authorizing a person operating a bicycle that is approaching a stop sign at an intersection on a highway with two or fewer lanes for moving traffic to cautiously make a turn or proceed through the intersection without stopping if the person reduces the speed of the bicycle to a reasonable rate and yields the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or any approaching vehicle on another highway that is near enough to the intersection to pose an immediate danger

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Regina Boyce Hearing 1/30 At 1:30 P.m. on 01/15/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Primary and Secondary Education - Comprehensive Health Education Framework - Established [HB-161]
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop a comprehensive health education framework; requiring each county board of education to create an age-appropriate curriculum that is consistent with the comprehensive health education framework; and requiring each county board to establish policies, guidelines, and procedures for a parent or guardian to opt out of the family life and human sexuality topics for a certain student, subject to a certain prohibition.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Short-Term Rentals and Home Amenity Rentals - Taxation, Regulation, and Crimes [SB-132]
Applying certain health and safety requirements to short-term rental units and home amenities; prohibiting certain activities at a home amenity or short-term rental; authorizing the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the governing body of a county to adopt certain rules or regulations relating to short-term rentals; including "short-term rental platform" and "short-term rental unit" in the definition of "hotel" for the purpose of the county and municipal corporation hotel rental tax; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman First Reading Education, Energy, And The Environment And Budget And Taxation on 01/08/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Public Safety - Rape Kit Collection, Testing, and Tracking Grant Fund - Alterations [SB-206]
Altering the name of the Rape Kit Testing Grant Fund to be the Rape Kit Collection, Testing, and Tracking Grant Fund; revising the purpose of the Fund to provide law enforcement agencies with multiyear funding to pay for testing of sexual assault evidence collection kits; authorizing the Fund to be used for equipment, supplies, personnel, and outsourcing necessary to test sexual assault evidence collection kits collected before or after the establishment of the Fund; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Withdrawn By Sponsor on 01/27/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Education - Safe Schools Fund - Grant Allocations [HB-157]
Authorizing the reallocation of grants from the Safe Schools Fund to local school systems that have fully expended their grant allocation and demonstrate unmet need within the same fiscal year.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Griffith Hearing Canceled on 01/24/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Motor Vehicles - School Buses - Seat Belts [HB-134]
Requiring the public school safety education program to include student instruction concerning school bus safety and the proper use of seat belts on school buses; requiring that school buses purchased after July 1, 2027, and registered in the State be equipped with, for every seat on the school bus, 3-point seat belts that are accessible to passengers; and prohibiting a civil action for damages based on the failure of a school bus operator to ensure that an occupant of a school bus was wearing a seat belt.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Deni Taveras First Reading Environment And Transportation And Ways And Means on 01/08/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program and Fund - Alterations [SB-188]
Altering the projects eligible for funding under the Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program; altering the applicants eligible to apply for funding for certain projects under the Program; altering requirements for projects to purchase or install license readers; repealing certain requirements for projects to purchase or install camera networks; repealing minimum and maximum grant amounts under the Program; and expanding the authorized uses of the Community Health and Safety Works Grant Program Fund.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Hearing 1/29 At 10:30 A.m. on 01/14/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland Building Performance Standards - Fossil Fuel Use and Electric-Ready Standards [HB-212]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to adopt, on or before January 1, 2026, and as part of the Maryland Building Performance Standards, a requirement that new buildings meet all energy demands of the building without the use of fossil fuels and an electric-ready standard for certain buildings.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gabriel Acevero Hearing Canceled (economic Matters) on 01/09/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Internet Gaming - Authorization and Implementation [HB-17]
Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue certain licenses to certain qualified applicants to conduct or participate in certain Internet gaming operations in the State; requiring the Commission to regulate Internet gaming and the conduct of Internet gaming in the State; requiring an Internet gaming licensee to require individuals to provide proof of the registration in order to participate in Internet gaming; submitting the Act to a referendum; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary Hearing 2/10 At 11:00 A.m. on 01/17/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Public Safety - Statewide DNA Database System, DNA Collection, and Penalties - Alterations [HB-259]
Requiring a certain DNA sample to be collected in a certain manner from an individual who is required to register as a sex offender; requiring a DNA sample to be collected by a certain individual or at a certain location under certain circumstances; requiring a custodial agency or correctional facility to ensure a DNA sample is collected in a certain manner; prohibiting a DNA sample from being tested and placed in a certain statewide DNA database system until certain conditions are met; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Hearing 1/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Department of the Environment - Fees, Penalties, Funding, and Regulation [SB-250]
Authorizing the Department of the Environment to charge a fee for processing and issuing on-site sewage disposal permits and individual well construction permits under certain circumstances; authorizing the Department to establish by regulation a fee for the Responsible Personnel Training Program Certification; requiring a holder of a license to transfer oil into the State to pay a certain fee when oil owned by the licensee is first transferred into the State; establishing the Private Dam Repair Fund; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/23/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact [HB-118]
Repealing certain provisions of law relating to the Interstate Agreement on Qualifications of Educational Personnel; providing that certain provisions of law regarding the issuance of an initial teaching certificate do not apply to certain teachers; entering into the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact for the purpose of authorizing regulated teachers who hold multistate licenses to teach in each member state; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; providing a certain contingency requirement; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kris Fair Hearing 1/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2025

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Residential Real Property - Local Limits on Summoning Law Enforcement or Emergency Services [HB-249]
Prohibiting a local jurisdiction from enforcing a law or ordinance that limits the summoning of law enforcement or emergency services to a residential property by establishing a certain threshold or penalty.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr Hearing 1/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025

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